Adam Benjamin Metro Center Explained

Style:NICTD
Gary Metro
Other Name:Adam Benjamin Metro Center
Coordinates:41.6047°N -87.3383°W
Structure:Elevated
Tracks:2
Passengers:426 (average weekday)[1]
Pass Year:2019
Opened:1984
Electrified:Yes (1500 V DC)
Accessible:Yes
Zone:5
Other Services Header:Former services
Other Services Collapsible:yes
Map State:collapsed
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Marker:rail
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Gary Metro Center (also known as the Adam Benjamin Metro Center) is a multimodal commuter hub operated by the Gary Public Transportation Corporation. It was built in 1984 as an elevated replacement of the previously ground-level Broadway Street Station. It was named in honor of local US Representative Adam Benjamin, Jr. who died in 1982.

It serves as the central bus terminal and the Downtown Gary station on the South Shore Line. It also serves as a stop for Greyhound Lines and other intercity bus systems.

It is one of three NICTD electric train stations in Gary, and serves the Genesis Convention Center and the U.S. Steel Yard baseball park, home of the Gary SouthShore RailCats baseball team. The RailCats's full name, SouthShore RailCats, honors the South Shore Line.

The station is just south of the Indiana Toll Road (I-90) and the disused Gary Union Station. The tracks of the former Baltimore and Ohio (now CSX) and New York Central Railroads (now Norfolk Southern) also lie near the station.

Structure

The station consists of a single elevated low-level island platform with mobile wheelchair lifts to allow passengers with disabilities to board and disembark. The platform can be accessed from the second floor of stairs located adjacent to Broadway as well as via the second floor of the station building.[2]

Bus connections

GPTC

Local Routes

Regional Routes

Greyhound Lines

External links

41.6047°N -87.3383°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2020 State of the System Report. SSL-4. November 2020. Metra.
  2. Web site: ADA Accessibility. Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District. 26 December 2019.